New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-20
CENTENNIAL OF ST. AIMS.
ONE HUNDRED YEARS IN BROOKLYN,
nv WORK OF THE POPULAR PROTESTANT EPisco-
<,xI.ucu ON THE HElGuTS

ONE HUNDRED YEARS IN BROOKLYN.
~,,v WORK OF THE POPULAR PROTESTANT EPlsCo-
PAL CHURCH ON THE HEIGHTS.
IA. hr,dred wears ago next Saturday few OF the
,..d;ny men of Brooklyn, When that city wac but a
Cling village gathered together and began
20 which the great St. AIMS Church on the ue'gn's
stands az q lasting memorial, ana whicn WIZ DC re-
,n.,obered M such on Saturday. when the churchr
-..nr;,l will he celebrated with lecomiDg joy and
nr;de BEFORE these few men began Their WORK the
xnth p.tormed Church had held undlsputed sway
over BROOKLYN for one hundred ana twenty-five years
I1trv ia somew uncertain as TO when frotcstAht
Fn;sconal services were introduced in the town but
no with some degree OF unanimty that ls hat
tcring TO the adheTents OF the Episcopal church OF
Rrookyu particularly to the members OF st. AIMS,
seem 10 agree that the first church to come after
the Dutch According to tradition toe
Protestant Episcopal Church was established ID
Brooklsn in l76t, but 1t Is tnopsHt more arn
from this city 1t is certain that when the brlIsh
I, oops were ouarered in Brooklyn IN iII4 Trey con
sdered 1t quite necessary to lor h5"e regular ser
vices. So in March. lTI4' noH W, va" tSat cbnrcb
one of the newspapers OF New fors .nat Snut t
y~on,S he erected by means OF lottery, under inc
wou'a the REV. b. Page and according to the doc
trines of the Church OF England But mercsnary re-
lgion succeeded ABOUT as wei! IN ,hVso Gays SIN y.
81. sitnation became more and more urgent as the
Revolution vent on, the kindly and charia Die mem.
Of the Dutch Reformed Uhn cSnrcSes
fhe same time the Rev. James Sayre was piaceo lneIe
md preached for awhile. will. J..
Put il was reserved for the Rev. George Wright to
hec;n services before a distinctly American congrega-
ton He began his labors in 1854 preaching MI. IN
a houeo in Fulton-st, atterward in barn at Henry
Middagh and Fulton ats Then the congregation maze
an effort to havo a church building and an incorpor-
ateo church In 17s5 union or 81 lSusS
now owned by ST. AIMS building tor an inaepenGent
preacher But 1t passed into the hands OF the kes'
Mr.. Wrghts congregation on account OF soe end y.
isfaction among the original properyowners ana
soop oonseorated by Bishop Provost In thus @
tai home the church was incorporated on April %.
ISL a. the sPsOop bane their among
the present members OF St. AIMS congregation. Iney
were Joshua Sands, who was the very opposite OF ns
chnroh: John Cornell, Matthew Clears Joseph Scaly,
John Van Nostrand, Aquila Giles and Henry stanton
The Rev. Nj. Wright was also doctor OF ;t g.
and IL IL said that he used to practise in this city :"
add to his small salary OF $500 as rector OF ms church
Tho Rev. Mr.. Wright was succeeded IN l7s9 oy the
R Rsy. Ambrose msS% Han In 1898 the Rev Sam
ucl Neshft became the rector and on juno ~ i.yo
the church reorganized and INCORPORATED nndcr us
present II is said that the church had already
tacitly received this name in compliment to Mrs Ann
Sands tho wife Of Joshua Sands. who bad been ts
most liberal benotactor. new church was erected IN
1904 at Sands and Washington ats, and cohsecrateu
IN 1905 But there was explosion OF powder miii
near by few years later which shattered tho build
ing badly that the churcD was consoorcu
40 in 1924 the cornerstone Of another church was laid
on-the western side Of the church lot The kov.
Henry Ustick Onderdonk then rector and he was
emiuently successful. After him came the RevChares
Petit Mcilvaine. and he another rector promi;
neut In the history Of the church. He was followed
BY the Rev. Benjamin Clarke Cutler. whose psstorate
matter Of pride to the present church Under him the
church grew rapidly and OF its societies were IN
stitutsd by him On Dr. Cutters death in isoS , the
drew in 1867 and the Rev. DIR. Noah Hunt Sehenck,
whose nams is almost as prominent as that OF the
church itself nth which he was associated Tor so
that % W snS rSssH at Clinton and
Livingston SITS. The Sc~ner stone was laid April l.
Iss,. later Sa The cost and su it WAS not
paid Of until a comparatively s-rt time ago by gilt
from MI TStGa that he Cn11 SS Of Dr. Dr.
fra description OF the church and apel Is no
more necessary than one OF Old Trinity ~ of
'n &c t"rv Years St Anns was the only Protestant
Enscopai churcn in Brooklyn. 1t has always mum.
bered among its congregation many OF rne st
most prominent St. AIMS has retained
fold many descendants OF nS ipcudes sncb men 81
thnss. The eoussS&:: f: Fulton Cutting Henry p
Morgan. president of the Brooklyn Savings Bank. who
General Jesse 6. Smith, Edwin Goodwin, jr,, Andrew
IT. De Witt Thomas II. Messenger, George GRAY
Ward Edward Barr William Wallace, f. w. Corlics,
Dr. Bogert, Colonel Coles, Andrew w. Hart. John 3.
Hoag and, Charles DmOn the Holmcses, the fuckers,
the WykOfs Harnesses and others. among the organ
zatons attached to the church and widely known for
their practical charity work the Ladies' Employ
ment Society of which Mrs. George Gray Waid is ihs
president the Day Nursery and Industrial School, in
Prospect-st.; the Parish Guild. the brotherhood Tor
Young Men, and the st. Andrews branch of that
organization, under n. PendIeton schenck, the
Samaritan Pastoral Aid Society and the Parish Sc
II School.
The congregation has been looking forward to the
celebration OF it's onehundredth anniversary with
great interest 1t now numbers about 600 communi-
cants The Sunday morning attendance is 1000 the
evening about 700 The Rev. DR.. Reese i.
Alison il rector and his two assistants are the
Rev Louis DE Cormis and tic Rev DR.. Charles
H. Malctm. The centennial exercises will
take place on Saturday morning. begin.
ninl at IL o'clock. Bishop Littejobn, who was in
yited to preach the historical cannot be pres
ent and 1t is hoped that Bishop Potter will be able to
place be cannot then the Rev DR.. Alsop will
read short historical paper. The services will begin
With communion service. followed by the historical
Of an endowment fund, So, 900 OF which has already
been promised